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64/100Critics
2/100Scholars
Author:
Julie K. Brown
Publisher:
Dey Street Books
Date:
July 20, 2021
Journalist Julie K. Brown recounts her groundbreaking Miami Herald investigation into the sex-trafficking operation of Jeffrey Epstein and the broken justice system that almost let him get away with it.
What The Reviewers Say
Many journalists write books expanding stories they’ve covered, but one thing Brown does differently is show her methods. A basic rule of reporting is to keep yourself out of the story, but here her description of both the hard work of investigation and the perilous current state of newspapers adds an important dimension to the story.
The story of how Brown produced this exposé is at times gripping.
Though the emphasis is on Epstein’s crimes, the fallout for his victims, and the disgrace of a two-tier justice system, Brown interweaves it with her own experience as an underpaid, overworked reporter in the sadly dying profession of local journalism. These two stories are sometimes juxtaposed clumsily, forcing readers caught up in Epstein’s saga of perversion, excess, and privilege to suddenly segue to learning about Brown’s difficulty saving for her kids’ college tuition.Throughout, however, the account of Brown’s dogged reporting, her willingness to spend hours digging, traveling, and interviewing, even in the face of threats and stonewalls, is inspiring, and ultimately her work led to Epstein’s arrest. Brown lays out a lot about the way the world works, and much of it isn’t good. But, sometimes, when enough people stand up, justice prevails..
